People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse they use to make their despicable actions appear respectable and praiseworthy.
DEMOCRITUSMany much-learned men have no intelligence.
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Tis hard to fight with anger, but the prudent man keeps it under control.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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The brave man is not only he who overcomes the enemy, but he who is stronger than pleasures.
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It is hard to fight desire; but to control it is the sign of a reasonable man.
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All things happen by virtue of necessity.
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Sexual intercourse is a slight attack of apoplexy.
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The man who is fortunate in his choice of son-in-law gains a son; the man unfortunate in his choice loses his daughter also.
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The wise man’s home is the universe.
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You can tell the man who rings true from the man who rings false, not by his deeds alone, but also by his desires.
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Disease of the home and of the life comes about in the same way as that of the body.
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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not a man.
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Envy creates the beginning of strife.
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Education is an ornament for the prosperous, a refuge for the unfortunate.
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The animal needing something knows how much it needs, the man does not.
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